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Innovative research and first-class higher education? Some general remarks from a librarian

Discover the concentration of scientific research and technological innovation across different countries, the link between research productivity and innovation, and the role of bibliographic control in shaping academia. Gain valuable insights from a librarian at Lazarski University.

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Innovative research and first-class higher education? Some general remarks from a librarian

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  1. Innovative research and first-class higher education? Some general remarks from a librarian Henryk Hollender Lazarski University

  2. Theworld: concentration of scientific research and technologicalinnovation • Tool for evaluation: papers (output, citations) and patents • Disclaimer: big data givesroughestimation • A global study 1981-2008 [1]: papers and patentsconcentratedin USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France • Papers less concentratedthanpatents. Conclusion: technologicalinnovationmoreconcentratedthanreasearchimpact? svetlana@library.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

  3. More on spatial and temporalfactors of concentration • Papers and patents less concentratedifthe data fromthe USA excluded • Somehigh-productivitycountriesare far from listing because of theirsmallsize • China, Taiwan and Korea followingclosely: China mostlyinpapers, Taiwan and Korea inpatents • USA predominanceslowlydecreasing, but more so inpapersthaninpatents. Again: link betweenresearchproductivity and innovationis less directthat we mightthink

  4. Focus on Europe • Sorry, no freshwork (but raw data availableinEssential Science Indicators, Thomson Reuters) • A studycovering 1994-2004 [2]: European Union bio-medresearchproducticvity = 76% productivity of the USA (havingregard to thenumber of population) • Theissue of 2004: ifnew EU countriesare to be includedinthecalculation, EU bio-medresearchproductivity = 66% productivity of the USA • Lower scorewitheachsubsequent EU enlargement? Sorry, no freshestimation but data available: Essential Science Indicators (Thomson Reuters), SCImagoJournal and Country Rank (Scopus)

  5. http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php, 1996-2013 Scimago country

  6. Research – extensive or intensive…

  7. Anotherstudy [3]: papers per 100000 inhabitants, 2002-2013 [3] • Switzerland, 2427 • Sweden, 2019 • Denmark, 1855 • Finland, 1743 • Norway, 1638 • Netherlands, 1587 • Israel, 1497 • Australia, 1469 • … 25. Hungary 26. Poland … • Russia … 33. China Small countries with good research policy

  8. Patterns for groups of countries [3] • Social Sciences: English-speaking, Netherlands, Israel. • Balanced, slightdominance of Physical Science, strongdisadvantage for Social Science: France, Italy, Poland, Hungary, India • More balanced: German speaking, Finland, Sweden, Denmark; Ireland, Belgium • Engineering Science: Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, China • Physical Science: Russia and Ukraine

  9. Quantityinstead of quality? A view on Poland • 1200 or more scholarly journals; lots of lowly-cited research • Most of secondary journals: poor circulation, little chance to receive citation, but a publishing opportunity for authors who do not go to highly impactful journals. • Will they turn out to be the kindergarten for highly cited authors?

  10. Tasks for thelibrarianand theuniversitypress • We cannot affect impact, we can affect visibility/readership: publish in English with a real online version (open access or subscription-based) AND try to get to major bibliographic services • What best makes information circulate? • Traditional bibliography • Digital repositories repeating documents already published • Discovery and delivery tools (Primo, EDS, Summon etc.) • Academia.edu • Informal contacts among scholars

  11. Correcting the general view • Research output in many countries may be missing from global bibliographic control • Science is only global? Not true! „Local research” may result in inspiring works, helping adopt new theories and bridging the gap between innovative and outdated scholarship. • What will students read next to expensive handbooks, usually translated? For instance economics: we need shorter attractive books, cases, readable journal articles • BazEkon: example of a bibliographic database which • Provides full text wherever possible • Lists references from the article • Lists citations received by the article • User-friendly, teaches information literacy!

  12. My bibliography • [1] Mu-Hsuan Huang, Han-Wen Chang, Dar-Zen Chen: The trend of concentrationin scientific research and technologicalinnovation: a reduction of thepredominant role of the U.S. inworldresearch & technology, Journal of Informatics 6 (2012) p. 457-468 • [2] E. Soteriades, M. Falagas: Comparison of amount of biomedicalresearchoriginatingfromtheEuropean Union and the United States, British MedicalJournal 2005, 331, p. 192-194 • [3] A.-W. Harzing, A. Giroud: Thecompetitiveadvantage of nations: an application to academia, Journal of Informetrics, 2014, 8.1, p. 29-42.

  13. Thank you for your attention! h.hollender@lazarski.edu.pl

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